Capturing the Essence of a Place (Or, A Long Weekend in Strasbourg)

Peering down the canal. La Petite France, Strasbourg.A few thoughts on how to find the essence of a place, and I suppose ultimately the essence of life — told through a long weekend in Strasbourg, France. It’s about how a fully cooked itinerary might actually get in the way of getting what I really came for in the first place.